Tissue diagnosis using nanoscale morphological markers extracted from quantitative phase images

The intrinsic markers of nanoscale morphological alteration in fixed tissue biopsy referred to as disorder strength and local correlation length, which can be easily and time-efficiently obtained from quantitative phase images, are introduced. After presenting how to extract these markers from quantitative phase images obtained by highly sensitive quantitative phase imaging system, spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM), we demonstrate the effectiveness of these markers for diagnosis of benign and malignant breast tissues.